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Iain Burnside - Siblings

Iain Burnside explores the theme of siblings. With music from the Mozarts, Bachs, Mendelssohns, Matthews and Labeques, as well as Castor and Pollux, and Hansel and Gretel.

Iain Burnside explores the theme of siblings, from musical families real and imagined. Featuring music from the Mozarts, Bachs, Mendelssohns, Matthews and Labeques, as well as Castor and Pollux, and Hansel and Gretel.

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Two Pianos (finale)
Guher and Suher Pekinel (pianos)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Neville Marriner (conductor)
Chandos 9711 Tr 10
Duration: 7m9s

Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (end of Act 2)
Sandman ...... Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Gretel ...... Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Handel ...... Anne Sophie von Otter (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Orchestra
Geoffrey Tate (conductor)
EMI DCD 754023, CD1 Trs 16-17
Duration: 5m4s

Colin Matthews: Five Concertinos for Wind Quintet
Haffner Wind Ensemble
NMC 149 Trs 6-10
Duration:10m52s

Frank Bridge: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Paul Watkins (cello)
Huw Watkins (piano)
Nimbus NI5699 Trs1-2
Duration: 23m4s

George/Ira Gershwin: A foggy day
Ella Fitzgerald (voice)
Louis Armstrong (voice/trumpet)
Backing group unnamed
VERVE 5433042 Tr 7
Duration: 4m31s

Bach: Concerto for Three Harpsichords in C, BWV1064 (1st mvt)
English Concert
Kenneth Gilbert, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichords)
Trevor Pinnock (director/harpsichord)
DG Archiv 471 754-2 Tr 6
Duration: 4m38s

Janacek: On an Overgrown Path (Come with us!)
Andras Schiff (piano)
ECM New Series 1736 461 660-2 Tr 9
Duration: 1m14s

Khatchachurian: Sabre Dance
Andrews Sisters
Music Club MCCD 199 Tr 9
Duration: 2m20s

Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, Op 41
Hagen Quartet
DG 447111 Trs 5-8
Duration: 24m27s

Wagner: Die Walkure (end of Act 1)
Regine Crespin (soprano)
James King (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti (conductor)
Decca 455592 CD1 Tr 12
Duration: 5m5s

David Matthews: A Little Threnody, Op 62
Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
Metronome MET 1005 Tr 1
Duration: 3m57s

Michael Haydn: Requiem: Requiem aeternam (1st mvt)
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Swiss Chamber Choir
Christian Zacharias (conductor)
MD&G 3401245 Tr 1
Duration: 5m44s

CRW Robertson: The Carol of the Drum
Trapp Family Singers
DG 000311802 Tr 16
Duration: 2m

Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat, Op11 (3rd mvt)
Kyung Wha Chung (violin)
Myung Wha Chung (cello)
Myun Whun Chung (piano)
EMI CDC5551872 Tr 3
Duration: 6m47s.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 27 Sep 2009 10:00

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  • Sun 27 Sep 2009 10:00